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A review by Arizona child welfare officials of a second batch of ignored child abuse and neglect reports has found 1,800 additional cases that were serious enough to warrant a full investigation, The Associated Press has learned.

A French judge has allowed the sale of several sacred Hopi artifacts to go ahead next week. The Hopi tribe’s lawyer used a French law to argue that it’s illegal to sell masks as commercial art because they’re like tombs containing their ancestors’ spirits.

It’s been almost a year since it was first announced. Now the long-awaited merger between Tempe-based US Airways and American Airlines will be completed Monday. Passengers won’t notice many changes at first.

A Navajo family is moving into the first "green" house on the reservation this weekend. It is powered by solar energy during the day and wind energy at night. The nonprofit IINA Solutions partnered with Mark Snyder Electrics and the Navajo Nation to build the home.

Child Welfare advocates offered suggestions this week on ways to improve Arizona’s Child Protective Services system in the wake of the agency disclosing that more than 6,000 cases have gone unreported.

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